Winter weather causes 19 car pile-up in Maine

FALMOUTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - State Police say a 19 car crash had closed down I-295 in Falmouth this morning.

State Police say it took almost four hours to clean up the pileup. They say the chain reaction crash started when a car spun out in the southbound lane in Cumberland, just north of the Falmouth Line. Five other vehicles then collided with it.

After, 13 other vehicles were then involved. Traffic was then backed up for miles until a number of wreckers were able to clear the roadway.